An environmentally-friendly preparation of plant material from pine could serve as a substitute for petroleum-based chemicals in polyurethane foams. The innovation could lead to more ...
Fossil fuels are non renewable. They take millions of years to form, so once they have all been used up, they cannot be replaced. Imagine the Earth millions and millions of years ago. With all ...
Lignin is the second most abundant renewable carbon source, making up about 30% of the non-fossil fuel-based carbon on Earth. It is also notoriously difficult to extract from plants. The material ...
Bank financing for fossil fuels fell 18 per cent to $870bn in 2023, according to BloombergNEF, which pushed up banks’ energy supply banking ratio — how much clean energy they finance versus fossil ...